Ah Ma TeoChew Kuih (阿嬷潮州糕), with several cafes in Johor Bahru, are great places to have traditional Teochew kuihs (bite-size cakes, dumplings, biscuits or pastries), Hokkien kuihs, Malay kuihs, Nyonya kuihs, desserts, special coffees and popular Malaysian dishes.
Read: JB Eat: Ah Ma TeoChew Kuih (阿嬷潮州糕) @ Tan Hiok Nee | Taman Century
Apart from eating-in at the cafes, Ah Ma’s traditional kuihs, rice dumplings (seasonal) and homemade condiments can be purchased from push-carts outside the cafes, or from standalone kiosks in major shopping malls, as take-aways. The standalone kiosks can be found in Paradigm Mall (JB), KSL City Mall, AEON Mall Bukit Indah and AEON Mall Permas Jaya — very convenient!
All traditional kuihs, yam kuih, ang ku kuihs, chai kuihs (菜板), rice kuih, etc, are sold at the push-carts and kiosks. There are fried puffs, gula Melaka steam cake, orange butter cake and banana cake too.
The traditional kuihs are sold either as 5 pieces of single flavour in a box or mix-and-match to have 5 pieces out of the six types available. When purchasing the blue pulut tai tai (蓝花饭) with low sweetness, a pack of Ah Ma’s kaya will be included for eating with the kuih. Ang ku kuih with different fillings (minced peanut, mung bean paste or grated coconut) and fried puffs, such as red bean puff, curry puff, kaya puff, etc, are also available.
The Teochew peach-shape rice kuih (潮州饭桃粿) and yam cake (潮州芋头桃粿) are nice for breakfast or as light meal. The gula Melaka steam cake (马来糕) is soft, spongy and has a nice gula Melaka (palm sugar) aroma, and not too sweet. The banana cake (香蕉蛋糕) has nice banana aroma and flavour. The orange butter cake (鲜橙牛油蛋糕) has a mellow tangy aroma and flavour.
Aside from traditional pastries, Ah Ma’s handmade chilli sauce, sambal chilli, fried shallots and kaya (coconut jam) are available for sales in jars. Their handmade Ah Ma Kaya (阿嬷咖央) is viscous and mild-sweet. Ah Ma’s Hometown Sambal Chilli (阿嬷家乡叁巴) has nice flavours with just-nice spiciness — for me (may be pretty spicy for others though).
When shopping for confections in Johor Bahru, Ah Ma TeoChew Kuih offers more options with their traditional kuihs. It is always great to try something different each time.
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Tan Hiok Nee Main Outlet:
13, Jalan Trus, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Opening Hours:
7:30am to 5pm | Closed on Monday
KSL City Mall Outlet:
33, Jalan Seladang, Taman Abad, 80250 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Opening Hours:
10am to 10pm | Closed on Monday
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